Lacing hook



S.JORUNDSOI\ LAcxNs HooK FILED APR. 4. 192l.

S14/vanto@ Patented Dec. 19, 1922.

E 'l' T E tisana PATENT orcs.

LACING HOOK.

Application mea .April 4,

To all'whomc't may concern.'

Be it known that 1, SIGTPIGUR JonUNnsoN, a citizen ot Canada, residing at ldlinnipeg, in the Province o' Manitoba, Dominion. ot' Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Lacing Hooks;` and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and eXact description of the invention, such as will-enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

rThis invention relates to new and useful improvements in lacing devices and particularly to lacing devices used on shoes, leggings, corsets, and the like.

@ne object of the invention` is to` provide a lacing hook of such construction that the tongue or bill of the hook will lie in the plane of the surface out` the shoe closure, whereby all danger and annoyance of the hook catching in the clothing is obviated.

Another object is to provide a lacing hook of this character which is formed from a single piece of metal and which can be easily and quickly secured in the shoe or other garment closure.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing:

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View oi' a lragnient olf a shoe closure showing the improved hook secured therein and a portion of a lacing string engaged with Lthe hook.

Vlligure 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view through the hook and portion of thel shoe closure, on a line passing longitudinally of the bill of the hook.

`Figure 3 is a perspective view of the device before the llange and hook have been bent into iinished form. l

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the hook before being secured in the closure opening. y Lacing hooks, on shoes, leggings, and the like are much more convenient than eyelets, but by reason of the fact that they catch in the clothing of the wearer, they are undesirable. These hooks have been almost en- 1'921. serial No. 458,205.

tirelyabolished, and eyelets substituted, on both the shoes of men and women. 'The present invention has for its principal ob- `ject to provide a lacing hook which will securely hold the lacing cord, while at the same time be completely out of the way so as not to catch the clothing of the wearer.

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing 10 represents a portion of a shoe closure and 11 a portion of a shoe lacing cord engaged with the hook. The hookj comprises a tubular body 12, as seen in Figure 3, having the angularly extending peripheral flange 13 on its outer end, and formed integrally with this flange, and extending therebeyond, is a tongue 14 which when bent into the Vposition shown in Figures 1 and 2, forms the bill of the hook, with which the lacing cord 11 is engaged. It will be noted that this hook bill 14, when properly set for use in a shoe closure, lies in the same plane as the flange 13, and extends transversely of the tubular body 10, the tip of the bill being properly spaced from the other side ofthe -body to permit the looped portion of the lacing cord to be easily passed therebetween so as to be drawn back around the bill. The other end of the tubular body is adapted to be mashed or clinched on the other side of the closure, in the usual manner to firmly hold the device within the hole of the closure.

lVhat is claimed is:

The combination with a shoe closure having an opening therethrough, olf a lacing hook comprising-a tubular body disposed in said opening and having a peripheral flange on one end lying against one 'face of the closure and a peripheral flange at its other end lying against the other face of the closure and an integral tongue struck from the last-named end of the body and extending across the endet the body and in the approximate plane of the last-named flange.

In testimony whereof, 1 ailix my signaure, in the presence of two witnesses:

SIGTRIGUR JORUNDSON. Witnesses:

LARRY GREBAC, K. J. SUFFKA. 

